Principal Software Engineer

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Join the team as Twilio’s next Software Engineer in Twilio’s Conversational AI organization.

About the job

This position is needed to enhance and support the AI and Agentic offerings of our Conversational Agents Team. Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models are changing how companies operate internally and interact with their customers. This team is laser focused on delivering the best in class platform primitives upon which any customer can integrate with their AI Agent to answer questions and execute actions autonomously.

Responsibilities

In this role you’ll:

• Develop solutions independently and with team members. Design software for modularity and flexibility. Writing maintainable and well-tested code working in a professional software engineering environment.

• Help define break down and prioritize work in partnership with the team

• Help research industry trends provide analysis develop Proof Of Concepts

• Work with LLM providers and services responsible for Memory and Retrieval Augmented Generation

• Infuse your technical expertise and know-how in your team through code reviews and whiteboarding sessions.

• Work with our Tech Lead to set up standard methodologies for your area of ownership. You will be working with Typescript/Python.

Qualifications

Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!

*Required:

• 6-10 years hands on experience as an engineer writing production-grade code in a modern programming language (language agnostic)

• Passion for emerging technologies and staying up to date on their latest developments

• Proven track record of shipping products to production testing ideas early with customers and iterating rapidly on their feedback.

• Exceptional collaboration skills the key to our success is going to be tied to our ability to partner with other parts of the organization to ship services used company wide

• Strong customer focus our feedback loop with customers will be very tight!

Desired:

• Experience building a product from idea to product market fit (zero to one).

• Experience with Typescript Python or Go

• Experience working on the development of products or features which leverage LLMs

• Builder at heart.  Through a hobby or your profession you are passionate about being hands on and seeing your work come to life.

Location

This role will be remote but is not eligible to be hired in CA CT NJ NY PA WA.

Travel

We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings.

What We Offer

Working at Twilio offers many benefits including competitive pay generous time off ample parental and wellness leave healthcare a retirement savings program and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Compensation

*Please note the salary range information provided applies only to candidates residing in California Colorado Hawaii Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey New York Vermont Washington D.C. and Washington State due to local requirements. Compensation for candidates in other locations will be discussed during the hiring process. Please note that hiring for this role is not restricted to the locations listed above.

The estimated pay

ranges for this role are as follows:

• Based in Colorado Hawaii Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Vermont or Washington D.C. : $184500 - 230700.

• Based in New York New Jersey Washington State or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $195300 - 244200.

• Based in the San Francisco Bay area California: $217000 - 271300.

• This role may be eligible to participate in Twilio’s equity plan and corporate bonus plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health care insurance 401(k) retirement account paid sick time paid personal time off paid parental leave.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as skills experience and geographic location.

Applications for this role are intended to be accepted until January 15 2025 but may change based on business needs.